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From CAD to Catamaran: Sail Life Crafts New Hatches for Spiffy
Mads and Ava of Sail Life are back, tackling another crucial repair on their 44 ft hurricane-damaged DIY catamaran, Spiffy. The immediate problem? Leaky, temporary plywood hatch covers that allowed a "massive amount of water" into the port forward cabin. This...
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Tell Us About Your Bottom Paint
We are on our third year of collecting your feedback on your bottom paint performance for the season with our now annual Bottom Paint Survey. With over 3200 responses in...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 4 – Direct Transfer
Lou is getting his hands dirty in Episode 4 as he tackles the important job of converting his table of offsets, to actual cuts on pieces of wood he is...
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Waterlust Paints Teardrop Camper With TotalBoat Topside Paint & Varnish
When Waterlust filmed this latest video, they were adoring the “glorious weather” in Miami. As you read this, the team has evacuated with their newly painted Teardrop camper in tow,...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 3 – Table of Offsets
In Episode 3, Lou is getting into the math and measurements that will determine the shape and size of the TotalBoat Sport Dory. By using and transferring measurements from the...
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TotalBoating – Reaching Customers on the Water in the J Class
We know where to find you! If you’re like us, you’re under the boat in winter, up ON the boat on stands in the springtime, and we sure hope that...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Episode 2 – Sourcing White Oak Logs
Episode 2 finds Lou at a bigger lumber yard that he refers to as more of a “production” yard where he is seeking more White Oak logs for the TotalBoat...
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Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory: Season 2 Episode 1
Calling all Louis Sauzedde super fans, boat builders, tinkerers, hobbyists, sailors, rowers, woodworkers and dreamers! Season 2, Episode 1 of Louis Sauzedde’s new series, Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory, is...
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Video: Tips from Louis on Calking with Cotton
There’s just one more week until Louis Sauzedde’s next boatbuilding series begins, entitled Building the TotalBoat Dory. (launching here on August 25th) But Lou is not sitting idle in the...
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Father & Son Duo at The Leo Telesmanick Beetle Cat Championship
By John Howell, Warwick Beacon They haven’t really changed with time, and that’s what gives Beetle Cats appeal. The wooden hull boats are made the same way today as when...
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An Introduction to Dory Designs and Plans With Louis Sauzedde
We know you are counting down the days until Lou and the next great boat building project and video series get underway. We are too, and to prime you for...
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Green Energy on the Ocean Blue: Blue Isles Power Docks
When our customers have great ideas, we get like the proud parent and need to share it with you. Such is the case with Blue Isles. Blue Isles has invented...
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Restoring Vela – Episode 10: Applying TotalBoat Envy 2-Part Varnish
With the joinery mostly done and installed, Vela is ready for multiple coats of varnish on her beautiful brightwork, and lots of paint. Using Envy 2-Part varnish, Brendan and the...
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